Section 51.005 - Contract Specifications(a) The commission shall contract only with public or private nonprofit organizations that fulfill the requirements of this chapter.(b) The contracts shall require the persons operating a family violence center to: (1) make a quarterly and an annual financial report on a form prescribed by the commission; (2) cooperate with inspections the commission makes to ensure services standards and fiscal responsibility; and (3) provide, as its primary purpose, voluntary and trauma-informed services to victims of family violence that include: (A) 24-hour-a-day shelter, except that a family violence nonresidential center may provide access to a 24-hour-a-day shelter; (B) a 24-hour-a-day crisis hotline, except that a family violence nonresidential center may provide access to a 24-hour-a-day crisis hotline operated by another organization located in the nonresidential center's service area; (C) access to emergency medical care; (D) crisis and intervention services, including understanding and support, information, education, referrals, and other resource assistance; (E) access to emergency transportation; (F) advocacy focused on: (i) economic and housing stability; (ii) physical, behavioral, and mental health; (iii) the needs of children who are victims and the children of victims; and (iv) the civil and criminal legal systems, including: (a) identifying individual needs, legal rights, and legal options; and (b) providing support and accompaniment in pursuing those options; (G) ongoing safety planning services in collaboration with the self-stated priorities and needs of the victim of family violence ; (H) community education regarding family violence and family violence prevention efforts ; (I) counseling services ; and (J) peer support services led by victims of family violence, including activities and other efforts that facilitate connections and the creation of community among victims of family violence .
(b-1) The contracts shall: (1) specify that participation in services by a victim of family violence is voluntary; and (2) prohibit the persons operating a family violence center from requiring a victim of family violence to participate in other services as a condition of receiving shelter. (c) The contracts may require the persons operating a family violence center to use intake and case study forms. Forms required shall be developed by the commission with consultation as outlined in Section 51.008.Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 51.005
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 164,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2024.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 4.293, eff. 4/2/2015.Amended By Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 6, Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/2001.Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 636, Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/1989Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3313, ch. 867, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1981.